Combination laundry tray and washboard



July 14, 1931. M. w. HUBER COMBINATION LAUNDRY TRAY AND WA5HBOARD 2 Sn e1.: S n" Flled June 5, 1930 INVENTO.R- Marne Wifuber ATTORNEYS July 14,1931; Y M. w. HUBER COMBINATION LAUNDRY TRAY AND WASHBOARD Filed June 5,1930 2 Sheets-Sheet '2 v INVENTOR v Mar-222W Huber ATTORNEM PatentedJuly 14, 1931 UNITED STATES MARIE HUBER, OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTONCOMBINATION LAUNDRY TRAY AND WASHBOARD Application filed June 5,

. My invention relates to the art of laundry tray making and moreparticularly to a combination laundry tray and washboard.

Practically every modern home or apartment house has in its laundry,built-in tubs, normally termed laundry trays, which most usually consistof two similar basins formed in a single unit. These are usually made ofcast material, bound together with cement.

Such trays are used, even, although a washing machine is also provided,as it provides a convenient means for givlng special attention tocertain garments which ma be unusually delicate or which may have eensoiled toan unusual degree, and to assist in this operation aconventional type of washboard is normally used. These are made of manymaterials and are very wellknown but all the various types rely upon acorrugated 2 or ribbed surface to give a rough backin upon which to laythe garment as-it is treat'e with soap and rubbed thereupon.

The use of a washboard in a laundry tray, while very common, is ratherinconvenient, and further as it must be held securel during the processof rubbing the clothes 1t usually tends to wet the operator about thewaist line. When a washboard is used in a laundry tray it in effectreduces the effective size of the same and further-the-feet of thewashboard often injure a delicate fabric as it moves about somewhatduring the rubbin operation. It is to overcome. this genera conditionthat I provided my combination laundry tray and washboard,-therefore:

The principal object of m invention is to provide a laundry tray whichas the roughened surface normall found on a washboard the tray.

and whichis formed as an integral part of' ture at this point.

1930. Serial No. 459,307.

Fi re 1 is a top plan view of a double laun ry tray, showing myimprovement as embodied in each tray.

. Figure 2 is a vertical cross-sectional taken along the line 2--2Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on a vertical planesubstantially along the line 33 of Figure 2,

Figure 4 is an enlarged'fragmentary section of a portion of Figure 3. s

Figure 5 is an enlarged fragmentary view of a portion of Figure 2.Referring to the drawings throughout which like reference charactersindicate like parts, numeral 8 designates the main molded portion of aconventional laundry tray, which consists of the two basins 10 and 12.This tray may be supported in any convenient manner as by the metalstand 14 and has the usual water supply faucets 16, an overflow and thedrain 18, which will normally at some point in'its line have theconventional inverted U trap. This much of the laundry tray is aconventional design and forms no part of my present invention.

My invention resides in providing a ribbed,

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corrugated or otherwise roughened surface 20 and forming the same aspart of the laundry tray when the same is manufactured. The exact natureof the roughened surface is a matter of individual preference and mightbe any of the various types found in washboards of the conventionaltype. The most preferred roughened surface would be one moulded into thelaundry tray as it is cast. When moulded into a concrete traythecorrugations must not be too fine and further it is usually desirableto use a rather rich mix- Small pea gravel ma be used to produce averysatisfactory sur ace.

Another form I have found very satisfactory is to make a corrugatedmetal sheet as will be more clearly understood by referring to Figure 5.This metal sheet 22 should be of some non-corrosive and rust proofmaterial, such as brass, copper, zinc or the like, which is formed inregularcorrugations and then imbedded in the laundry tray as it ismanufac tured. With certain materials such as baked or vitriolized clayproducts, it is possible to create a very fine roughened surface in thefrom its center toward itsendsand terminat-. l

tray itself. This is also true of that type of in in discharge openingsfrom the niche. construction which employs a metal base and n witnesswhereof, have hereunto subwhich is covered with enamel. I have found,scribed my name this 23rd day of May, A; D,-

however, that the cement-bound concrete con- 1930. 70

struction is the most economical and very sat- MARIE W. HUBER.isi'actory. g

Manymanufacturers have very expensive molding equipment for producinglaundry m trays, and in order to make it possible to use 75 theprincipal parts of this equipment, I propose that when my corrugatedplate is used that the front wall 24 have its outer surface 26 as isnormally used, and that the thickness of wall 24 be increasedsubstantially as is shown 89 in Figure 2. This gives the tray additionalstrength where the strength is desired, and also provides a more gradualslope for the surface 20, which is very desirable. 7

I have further found that persons accus tomed to use a washboard, deslrea place for the soap at the top of the board. To provide for thiscondition I formed inthe upper por- I tion of wall 24 a soap-receivinled or niche g 28. The exact construction in be ter 1111- 4- 9 d'erstoodfrom Figures 4 and 5, wherein the soap niche 28 is rovided with a lowersurface 30. This I have found should be substantially at right an ice tosurface-26. In '0 some forms I have use i an upwardly extending lip atthe outer edge forming the same as i part of late 22. This is not verysatisfaca to in t at a new bar of soap is usuallytoo wi e to lie insideof it so I refer-the form 5 shown in Figure 5. I have in addition {310-I vided a water drain channel 32 which slantsdownwardly each way fromthe center of surface 20, as will be observedby the showing in dottedlines in Figures 3 and'4. is v 0 provided at each end with the discharge1 openings 84. .While other methods OfdlS- v posing of this waste watermight berovided it is quite desirable that some efinite means beemployed for this purpose otherwise the soa will soon dissolve and bereduced to a 'e ly-like substance, which is very wasteful o. the soap.

The foregoing description and the accompanying drawings clearly disclosea pree will be understood that this disclosure is merely illustrativeand that such changes in the invention may be made as are fairly withinthe, scope and spirit of the following What I claim is: .f Thecombination in a laundry tray ha an inclined f ront wall and an innerinclin face on said wall, of acorrugated area on rred embodiment of myinvention but it 116 said inner face forming a washboard, said I p wallhaving a niche in its upper portion above the washboard and extendingthe length of the washboard, the bottom wall of the niche V beinperpendicular to the lane of the washw B5 boar sald bottom wall eclininglaterally V

